Sluiceway for barge
AssigneeCashman Dredging and Marine Contracting, Co., LLC
InventorsFrank Belesimo, Jay Cashman
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Abstract
A sluiceway device for a hopper barge has an elongate main body defining a discharge channel. The elongate main body has a plurality of openings. The elongate main body may be configured to be disposed atop a hull of the hopper barge and configured to receive dredging material placed in the hopper barge. The sluiceway device may also have a discharge pump. The discharge pump may be in communication with the discharge channel. The discharge pump may be further configured to pump the dredging material from the discharge channel to a disposal area outside of the hopper barge.
Claims19
A sluiceway device for a hopper barge, comprising:
- an elongate main body configured to be disposed atop an inner surface of a hull of the hopper barge and configured to receive dredging material placed in the hopper barge, the main body having a plurality of openings formed therein, and a plurality of doors that are disposed adjacent the openings and configured to selectively seal and unseal the openings, a volume disposed between the doors and the inner surface of the hull defining a discharge channel, wherein the elongate main body is a top plate with a first side and a second side, each of the first side and the second side configured to be disposed adjacent the inner surface of the hull;
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- a discharge pump in communication with the discharge channel and configured to pump the dredging material from the discharge channel to a disposal area outside of the hopper barge.
A sluiceway device for a hopper barge, comprising:
- an elongate main body configured to be disposed atop an inner surface of a hull of the hopper barge and configured to receive dredging material placed in the hopper barge, the main body having a plurality of openings formed therein, and a plurality of doors that are disposed adjacent the openings and configured to selectively seal and unseal the openings, a volume disposed between the doors and the inner surface of the hull defining a discharge channel, wherein the elongate main body is a pipe;
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- a discharge pump in communication with the discharge channel and configured to pump the dredging material from the discharge channel to a disposal area outside of the hopper barge.
A sluiceway device for a hopper barge, comprising:
- an elongate main body configured to be disposed atop an inner surface of a hull of the hopper barge and configured to receive dredging material placed in the hopper barge, the main body having a plurality of openings formed therein, and a plurality of doors that are disposed adjacent the openings and configured to selectively seal and unseal the openings, a volume disposed between the doors and the inner surface of the hull defining a discharge channel, wherein the doors are configured to rotate between an open position and a closed position;
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- a discharge pump in communication with the discharge channel and configured to pump the dredging material from the discharge channel to a disposal area outside of the hopper barge,
- wherein the elongate main body has an upper major surface and a lower surface disposed opposite the upper major surface, and there is an annular lip disposed on the lower surface adjacent each of the openings that defines a guiding channel for each of the openings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.